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Ankerite from
Daping Au-polymetallic deposit, Yuanyang County, Honghe, Yunnan, China


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Ankerite
Formula:Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Ankerite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Daping Au-polymetallic deposit, Yuanyang County, Honghe, Yunnan, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:708209
Long-form Identifier:1:3:708209:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Ankerite
55.5km (34.5 miles) ⓘNâm Xe REE deposit, Mt Fansipan, Phong Tho District, Lai Châu Province, Vietnam
59.4km (36.9 miles) ⓘSouth Nâm Nâm Xe carbonatite, Nâm Nâm Xe REE deposit, Mt Fansipan, Phong Tho District, Lai Châu Province, Vietnam
91.2km (56.7 miles) ⓘBainiuchang Ag-polymetallic deposit, Mengzi City, Honghe, Yunnan, China
References
Liangsheng Ge, Jun Deng, Hanguang Li, Liqiang Yang, Wenzhao Zhang, Shisong Yuan, and Junbin Xing (2007): Acta Petrologica Sinica 23(9), 2131-2143
Yan Zhang, Xiaoming Sun, Guiyong Shi, Dexin Xiong, Wei Zhai, Weijian Pan, and Beiming Hu (2009): Mineral Deposits 28(suppl.), 13-27
Yang, Lin, Wang, Qingfei, Groves, David I., Li, Huajian, Zhai, Degao, Wang, Xuan, Deng, Jun (2023) MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES, FLUID INCLUSIONS, PYRITE TRACE ELEMENTS, AND S-O ISOTOPES OF GOLD ORES FROM THE CENOZOIC DAPING DEPOSIT, SW CHINA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE GENESIS OF COMPLEX OROGENIC LODE GOLD SYSTEMS. Economic Geology, 118 (4) 903-926 doi:10.5382/econgeo.4995
Zhang, Sheng; Sun, Hua-Shan; Xiong, Suo-Fei; Jiang, Shao-Yong; Ma, Ying; You, Fu-Hua; Zhang, Li-Zhong (2026) Deciphering ore-forming processes in the Daping orogenic gold deposit, SW China: constraints from in situ sulfur isotope and pyrite trace elements. Ore Geology Reviews, 192. 107254 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2026.107254
 
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